Superstorm Sandy

Previously posted on CNN: Have you heard the news? Because Antarctic ice sheets are melting, the sea level is likely to rise “unstoppably” by at least 10 feet, dooming many coastal towns and displacing millions of people. And it’s all going to happen—within several centuries. Well. Who. Cares. This is news you can snooze. […]

First posted on CNN.com on November, 13, 2012 Superstorm Sandy has caused more damage, death and homelessness in New York and New Jersey than any climate-related event in living memory. Yet with two damaging hurricanes two years in a row, and with what science is telling us, this does not feel like a once-in-a-lifetime event. […]

Our lights are on, and with them the oil burner. And I have a full tank of gas. I mean no disrespect to the people who have lost and suffered so much in this storm when I say, for us there was something nice about having no electricity for a few days. About cutting wood […]

Originally posted to CNN Opinion on November 3, 2012. In three debates by the presidential candidates and one by the vice-presidential hopefuls, no one could bring themselves to utter the words “climate change.” Hurricane Sandy said what all four White-house contenders were afraid to say. I’ve heard some voters are undecided. Watching the debates, I […]